Combination shelf and clothesrack



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INVENTQR M M. OLA/VDM? BY% y `ATTORNEY Patented May 7, 1929.

UTED STATES MILTON M. OLANDER, OE CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS.

COMBINATION SHELF .AND CLOTHESRAC. i 'i Application filed October 28,1927. Serial No.. 229,373.

My invention relates to improvements in combination shelves and clothesracks, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, andarrangements kherein described and claimed. l

An object of my invention is to provide a combination shelf and clothesrack which may be readily inserted in a clothes closetor a clotheslocker, and by means of which the carrying capacity of the locker orlcloset is increased.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the typedescribed by means of which clothing may be held free i'from the wallsof the locker.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the typedescribed which is constructed of relatively thin. material and is soformed that air may circulate treely therethrough, thus rendering thedevice sanitary.

A further object ol:` my invention is to provide a device of the typedescribed by means of which any piece of clothing may be removed withoutdisturbing` the other clothing disposed therein.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following speciication,and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming partof this application, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of thedevice, and

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device as applied to alocker.

In carrying out my invention, 1 provide a frame 1 substantiallyrectangular in contour and formed of a relatively thin 'material.Supporting members 2, 3 and 4 eX- i tend between side walls 5 and 6 ofthe trame 1 and are provided with downwardly eX- tending integralportions which are rigidly secured to the sides 5 and 6 by means ofrivets or bolts 7. A plurality oi' clothes hooks 8 are secured atspaced-apart points to the supporting members 2, 3 and 4.

A tray 9 is disposed between the supporting member 2 and the front 10 ofthe frame and between the side Iwalls 5 and 6. Openings 11 and 12 aredisposed in the side walls 5 and 6, respectively, for a purposehereinafter described. y Let us assume that the vdevice is to be appliedto a locker, indicated generally at 13, which is of standard size. Theframe may be constructed to conform to the inner dimensions of thelocker 13. yBy placing the device within the locker, as shown in Figure2, therframe may be rigidly secured to the locker by placing the boltsor rivets through the openings 11 and 12 and through the openingsprovided in the locker for the usual shelf'. In this manner, the devicemay be rigidly secured within the locker.

The size and-shape of the device may be v varied to agree with the sizeof the locker in which it is to be disposed. The number of hooks 8 mayalso vary in number according to the size of the locker.

When the device is in place, it will be noted that the tray 9 ispositioned adjacent the door 14 of the locker. This tray is arranged toreceive small articles, such as keys, watches, pocketbooks, or any otherarticles which the user wishes to dispose therein. The hooks are soarranged that the clothes may be hung in rows and positioned away fromwalls opt the locker.

Vhen wet garments, such as track suits or bathing suits, are placedwithin the locker, they may be suspended from' the hooks 8. In thismanner, air may circulate freely through t-he locker between thesupporting members2, 3 and 4, and the wet garments may dry properly andwill not mildew as would be the case if they were suspended 'from hooksso that they would engagevwith the walls of the locker.

Furthermore, wet garments, such as track suits, bathing suits, or thelike may be suspended from two, three or four of the hooks 8. Inthis'manner, the wet garments are held in somewhat of a circularposition, al-

lowing the air to pass not only therearound but therethrough. Thepositions of the hooks 8 upon the spaced-apart supporting members 2, 3and 4 permit a free circulation of air through air openings 15 in thebottom of the lockerv door 14, through the locker around the garments,between the supporting members 2, 3 and 4, and through air openings 16in the top of the vlocker door 14.

1 claim:

l. A device of the type described comprising a frame having side wallsand a front wall and arranged to be disposed in al compartment havingwalls, means whereby said frame may be rigidly secured to vthe walls ofsaid compartment, supporting members extending between the side walls ofsaid frame and having downwardly extending portions arranged to besecured thereto,

hooks secured to said supporting members at spaced-apart points, and atray disposed 5 between said front wall, said side Walls and theadjacent supporting member.

2. A device of the type described comprising a frame, supporting membersearred by said frame, T-shaped hooks carried by said supporting membersand positioned 10 at spaced-apart points, and a tray carried by saidframe and integral with one of said supporting members.

MILTON M. OLANDER.

